Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2015 Evans Head, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2015

⏰ 06h00

📍 Location

Evans Head, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 52

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lacerations and puncture wounds to hip, thigh, arm and hand

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Sharks have no bones.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks don't get cancer.